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Canadian police announced Tuesday that they had penetrated a cell recruiting fighters for Islamic State militants in the Middle East, with four of six identified suspects now in custody and warrants issued for the other two. The arrest Tuesday of Awso Peshdary, 25, on charges of participating in the activity of a terrorist group followed the arrests last month of three others from the Ottawa cell facing the same charges. The two suspects still at large are believed to have traveled to Syria or Iraq to join Islamic State. The extremist group controls at least a third of those countries' territory and has carried out a spree of savage executions. A video released Tuesday showed a...

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Canadian police announced Tuesday that they had penetrated a cell recruiting fighters for Islamic State militants in the Middle East, with four of six identified suspects now in custody and warrants issued for the other two.
The arrest Tuesday of Awso...

Recent commitments by the world's major polluters to cut emissions have added fresh momentum to international climate talks, but foot-dragging persists among the next tier of polluters, including India, Brazil, Canada and Australia.
Representatives of...

Kevin Vickers helped open the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, like he does most days, with a ceremony, carrying a gold mace down the halls of the building and into the chambers where members are seated.But the day after a gunman shot a Canadian soldier...

As U.S. military forces have engaged in more than a decade of war across the Middle East, America has found an unwavering partner in Canada, a country with an otherwise peaceful image.
Now, after two deadly attacks launched against members of the...

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the 32-year-old gunman believed to have killed a Canadian soldier and then stormed the country's Parliament on Wednesday, reportedly had a lengthy criminal record and drug problems.
Police investigators were told that he may have...

In Wednesday's Pictures in the News, Madison Elaine Triplett is crowned queen of the 2015 Tournament of Roses at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Wednesday. Los Angeles: Workers use a crane to close the Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay door at the Califor

Hall of Famer Gordie Howe, long ago nicknamed “Mr. Hockey” for his legendary toughness, durability and scoring exploits, suffered a serious stroke Sunday and has lost some of the function and strength on the right side of his body, his son, Dr. Murray...

Authorities lifted a lockdown on the core of Canada’s capital city late Wednesday, hours after a gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial and gunfire erupted in the Parliament building within yards of the prime minister....

The man suspected of crashing his car into two Canadian soldiers, killing one and injuring the other, was being actively investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and had had his passport taken away, officials said Tuesday.
National police in...

The Canadian government says they have found one of two long-lost ships that disappeared in 1846 as it sailed the icy waters of the Arctic in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.
Archaeologists with Parks Canada confirmed this week that a shipwreck...

Parti Quebecois suffered its worst provincial election defeat in 44 years on Monday, spurring debate throughout Canada on whether the party's signature goal of Quebec independence is dead.
Politicians and pundits took to the airwaves Tuesday to...

The Canadian government approved Tuesday the construction of a controversial pipeline that will connect Alberta's vast tar sands to the Pacific coast and growing Asian markets.
The Northern Gateway pipeline will carry 525,000 barrels of oil...

The conversation in Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi's office on Friday morning covered many topics: the start of free agency on July 1, the league's entry draft next week, off-season plans ... his dog.
But Lombardi's mind is always working...

As it turned out, there was a center named Richards bought out in the NHL on Friday — only it was Brad Richards of the New York Rangers.
Not Mike Richards of the Kings.
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A gunman who shot and killed three on-duty police officers in Canada was still being sought by authorities Thursday more than 18 hours after the assault on the streets of a quiet residential neighborhood.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in...

WASHINGTON -- The White House on Tuesday asserted that almost no one in the world doubts that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad launched a chemical attack against civilians last week, as Obama administration officials worked the phones to...

OTTAWA — Several people were killed when a passenger train collided with a city bus at a crossing in Canada's capital at the peak of morning rush hour, police said Wednesday.
Witnesses said the bus went through a closed crossing barrier. Photos...

OTTAWA, Ontario — A double-decker bus collided with a passenger train in Canada's capital Wednesday, ripping off the front of the bus and killing six people, police said.
Witnesses said the bus went through a closed crossing barrier, and passengers...

LAC-MEGANTIC, Canada — As firefighters doused still-burning oil tanker cars, more bodies were recovered Sunday in this devastated town in eastern Quebec, raising the death toll to five after a runaway train derailed, igniting explosions and fires that...